Pneumatic toy.



PATENTBD MAR. 19, 1907.

' J. H. FLORAL PNEUMATIC TOY. APPLIOATION FILED 0011a, 1906.

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JOHNHENRY'FLORA, OF TUNNEL HILL, ILLINOIS.

"PNEUMATIC TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1906. Serial No. 339,532.

7 Patented. March 19, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY FLORA, acitizen of the United States, residing at Tunnel Hill, in the countyof Johnson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Toys, of which the following is. a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a toy for affording amusement, and which in practice will be adapted to leap or juinp, the force being derived from the tendency of thetoy to assume its normal shape after a portion has been deflected or pressed inward.

.For a full description of the inventionand the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings;

While the invention may different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which f Figure 1 is a side view of a toy embodying the invention, the dotted lines showing the position of the hand preliminary to pressing a part of the toy inward., Fig 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a portion of the toy pressed inward. Fig. 3 shows the toy on the,

fly after being released. Fig.4 is a modification. Fig. 5 is a View showing a part of the modified'form of toy pressed inward. Fig. 6 ish a 1yliew showing the modified form of toy on t e Oofiesponding andlike parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The toy may have any formthat is, it may represent any animal or the outline of the human figure. The toy is hollow and is constructed of rubber or like elastic or flexible material so as to admit of a portion being deflected or pressed inward, the confining walls yielding to accommodate the displaced air, and the part pressed inward being subbe adapted to jected to tension, whereby upon release of the toy the same will leap or fly through the air, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 6. In the preferable construction the toy is formed of rubber sufliciently thin to yield slightly, yet retain the desired shape.

The toy is inflated and for this purpose is provided with a tube 1, through which the air is forced into thetoy, the outer end of the tube being closed, preferably, by means of a string '3, wrapped about the same and tied, said string also serving as means to prevent loss of the toy and insure its return after leaping or moving on the fly. The toy is provided with a pouch or sack 4, which is adapted to be pressed inward against the outward pressure of the air, thereby increasing the inner pressure by the amount of air displaced, according to the degree of inward movement of the part 4. The sack, pouch, or part 4 is designed chiefly to cause the toy to leap or jump, and it may be properly designated as a pneumatic rebounder.

When the toy is inflated, the hollow eXtension 4 is likewise distended, and when it is desired to produce a leaping or jumping efiect the pneumatic rebounder is pressed inward and secured between the thumb and finger, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2, and upon suddenly releasing the toy the part 4, quickly assuming a normal position, will cause the toy to leap or ump, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

In some shapes of the toy the sack or pouch 4 in the form indicatedin Figs. 1, 2, and 3 may be omitted, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5,

and 6, the shape of the toy admitting of a portion being pressed inward to form the pneumatic rebounder, as indicated in Fig. 5, the jumping effect being produced by suddenly releasing the toy after a part thereof corresponding to the pneumatic rebounder has been pressed inward.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A pneumatic toy provided with a tube through which air is adapted to be forced into the toy when inflating the same, and a string for closing said tube and serving to cffect a return of the toy after jumping, said feet when the toy is suddenly released 'after [0 toy having a portion thereof adapted to be said pneumatic sack has been pressedinward. pressed inward to form a pneumatic re- In testimony whereof I aifix my signature bounder and which when released causes the in presence of two witnesses.

5 toy to jump or fly through the air.

2. A pneumatic toy adapted to be inflated JOHN HENRY FLORA and provided with a sack or pouch adapted Witnesses: to be pressed inward to form a pneumatic re- L. J). FERN,

bounder to produce a jumping or leaping ef- W. R. SMITH, 

